# lese
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English lesen, leosen, from Old English *lēosan (found in belēosan, forlēosan, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- (“to cut; sever; loose; lose”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /liːz/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːz

### Verb

lese (third-person singular simple present leses, present participle lesing, simple past lore, past participle lorn)
* (obsolete) To lose.
* (obsolete) To destroy.
* (obsolete) To forsake or abandon.

### Anagrams

* slee, Slee, lees, EELS, Lees, eels, Else, seel, else, sele, ELEs, l'ees

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɛsɛ]
* Rhymes: -ɛsɛ
* Hyphenation: le‧se

### Noun

lese
* vocative/locative singular of les

## Estonian
### Noun

lese
* genitive singular of lesk

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleseˣ/, [ˈle̞s̠e̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ese
* Hyphenation: le‧se

### Etymology 1

lestä +‎ -e

#### Noun

lese
* (chiefly used in plural) bran (outside layer of a grain when separated from the grain)

##### Usage notes

When it still covers the grain, lese is called (jyvän) kuori.

##### Declension

Possessive forms of lese (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
leseeni
leseeni
accusative
nom.
leseeni
leseeni
gen.
leseeni
genitive
leseeni
leseideni leseitteni
partitive
lesettäni
leseitäni
inessive
leseessäni
leseissäni
elative
leseestäni
leseistäni
illative
leseeseeni
leseisiini leseihini
adessive
leseelläni
leseilläni
ablative
leseeltäni
leseiltäni
allative
leseelleni
leseilleni
essive
leseenäni
leseinäni
translative
leseekseni
leseikseni
abessive
leseettäni
leseittäni
instructive
comitative
—leseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
leseesi
leseesi
accusative
nom.
leseesi
leseesi
gen.
leseesi
genitive
leseesi
leseidesi leseittesi
partitive
lesettäsi
leseitäsi
inessive
leseessäsi
leseissäsi
elative
leseestäsi
leseistäsi
illative
leseeseesi
leseisiisi leseihisi
adessive
leseelläsi
leseilläsi
ablative
leseeltäsi
leseiltäsi
allative
leseellesi
leseillesi
essive
leseenäsi
leseinäsi
translative
leseeksesi
leseiksesi
abessive
leseettäsi
leseittäsi
instructive
comitative
—leseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
leseemme
leseemme
accusative
nom.
leseemme
leseemme
gen.
leseemme
genitive
leseemme
leseidemme leseittemme
partitive
lesettämme
leseitämme
inessive
leseessämme
leseissämme
elative
leseestämme
leseistämme
illative
leseeseemme
leseisiimme leseihimme
adessive
leseellämme
leseillämme
ablative
leseeltämme
leseiltämme
allative
leseellemme
leseillemme
essive
leseenämme
leseinämme
translative
leseeksemme
leseiksemme
abessive
leseettämme
leseittämme
instructive
comitative
—leseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
leseenne
leseenne
accusative
nom.
leseenne
leseenne
gen.
leseenne
genitive
leseenne
leseidenne leseittenne
partitive
lesettänne
leseitänne
inessive
leseessänne
leseissänne
elative
leseestänne
leseistänne
illative
leseeseenne
leseisiinne leseihinne
adessive
leseellänne
leseillänne
ablative
leseeltänne
leseiltänne
allative
leseellenne
leseillenne
essive
leseenänne
leseinänne
translative
leseeksenne
leseiksenne
abessive
leseettänne
leseittänne
instructive
comitative
—leseinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
leseensä
leseensä
accusative
nom.
leseensä
leseensä
gen.
leseensä
genitive
leseensä
leseidensä leseittensä
partitive
lesettään lesettänsä
leseitään leseitänsä
inessive
leseessään leseessänsä
leseissään leseissänsä
elative
leseestään leseestänsä
leseistään leseistänsä
illative
leseeseensä
leseisiinsä leseihinsä
adessive
leseellään leseellänsä
leseillään leseillänsä
ablative
leseeltään leseeltänsä
leseiltään leseiltänsä
allative
leseelleen leseellensä
leseilleen leseillensä
essive
leseenään leseenänsä
leseinään leseinänsä
translative
leseekseen leseeksensä
leseikseen leseiksensä
abessive
leseettään leseettänsä
leseittään leseittänsä
instructive
comitative
—leseineen leseinensä :

##### Derived terms

* leseinen
* kauralese
* lesemuro
* ruislese
* vehnälese

#### Further reading

* “lese”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

lese
* inflection of lestä:
** present active indicative connegative
** second-person singular present imperative
** second-person singular present active imperative connegative

## Galician
### Verb

lese
* first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ler

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleːzə/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

lese
* inflection of lesen:
** first-person singular present
** first/third-person singular subjunctive I

## Hungarian
### Etymology

les +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɛʃɛ]
* Hyphenation: le‧se

### Noun

lese
* third-person singular single-possession possessive of les

#### Declension
## Hunsrik
### Etymology

From Middle High German lesen, from Old High German lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleːsə/

### Verb

lese
* to read
    Ich lese gern.I like to read.
    Sie lesd en Buch.She reads a book.
    Das is net so geles.This is not read like that.

#### Inflection

| infinitive | lese |
| past participle | geles |
| auxiliary | hon |
| | present tense |
| 1st person singular | lese |
| 2nd person singular | lest |
| 3rd person singular | lesd |
| 1st person plural | lese |
| 2nd person plural | lesd |
| 3rd person plural | lese |
| | imperative |
| 2nd person singular | les |
| 2nd person plural | lesd |

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈle.ze/
* Rhymes: -eze
* Hyphenation: lé‧se

### Participle

lese f pl
* feminine plural of leso

### Adjective

lese f pl
* feminine plural of leso

### References

* ↑ leso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* Sele, else

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse lesa.

### Verb

lese (imperative les, present tense leser, simple past leste, past participle lest)
* to read
    Hva leser du?What are you reading?

#### Derived terms

* avlese
* korrekturlese
* lesbar
* leselampe
* leselig
* lesepuff
* leser (noun)
* lesestoff
* lesing, lesning
* lettlest

### References

* “lese” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* esel, esle, lees, -else, sele

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²leː.sə/

### Verb

lese (present tense les, past tense las, supine lese, past participle lesen, present participle lesande, imperative les)
* (transitive or intransitive) to read
    Har du lese boka?Have you read the book?
* (transitive or intransitive) to read aloud
* (transitive or intransitive) to study
** 1883, Arne Garborg, Bondestudentar, Bergen: Nygaard, page 40:So vart han utspurd um, kva han hadde leset.Then he was examined, about what he had studied.
* (transitive or intransitive) to tutor, teach

#### Alternative forms

* lesa (a- and split infinitives)

#### Derived terms

* avlese
* finlese
* forelese
* forlese
* førelese
* lesar
* lese mellom linjene
* lese opp for
* lese på munnen
* lese seg til
* lese teksta
* lese ut
* lesebok
* lesebrille
* lesedrama
* lesedugleik
* lesefør
* lesehest
* lesehug
* leselampe
* leseleg
* leselyst
* lesepenn
* leseplikt
* leseprøve
* lesepult
* lesering
* lesesal
* lesesirkel
* lesestoff
* lesestykke
* lesesvak
* lesevanske
* leseveik
* leseverk
* lesing
* lesnad
* nilese
* skumlese
* smuglese
* sprenglese
* tinglese
* tjuvlese
* uleseleg
* ulesen

#### Related terms

* lester

### Participle

lese
* neuter singular of lesen

### Noun

lese f (definite singular lesa, indefinite plural leser, definite plural lesene)
* an inscription

### References

* “lese” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* “lesa”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
* “lese”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

### Anagrams

* Else, -else, esel, esle, sele

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈle.se/, [ˈle.ze]

### Verb

lese
* inflection of lesan:
** first-person singular present indicative
** singular present subjunctive

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

Compare German lesen, Dutch lezen, English lease.

### Verb

lese
* to read
* to pick up

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | lese |
| past participle | hot gelese |
| future tense | waerd lese |
| subjunctive | daet lese |
| | present tense |
| 1st person singular | les |
| 2nd person singular | lescht |
| 3rd person singular | lest |
| 1st person plural | lese |
| 2nd person plural | lest |
| 3rd person plural | lese |
| imperative | les |

## Piedmontese
### Etymology

From Latin legō.

### Verb

lese
* to read

## Portuguese
### Verb

lese
* inflection of lesar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative